Patents by Inventor Betty J. Nielsen

Betty J. Nielsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6125354
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically adjusting charges billed to an organization by a service provider, so as to create an invoice of rebill charges. An organizational hierarchy, comprising a list of elements of an organization, is displayed on a display device. Services that have been provided to a selected element by one or more service providers are associated with the selected element. The billed charges for the services are then adjusted, so as to calculate the rebill charges.Adjustment of the billed charges is effected by applying reprice parameters and miscellaneous charges. The reprice parameters are used to adjust the billed charge by a desired percentage, by a fixed rate per time, or by a fixed charge per service. The miscellaneous charges are in addition to the billed charges. After adjustment of the billed charges, an invoice is generated based on the rebill charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Lloyd MacFarlane, Dwight D. Driskell, Vivian C. Henley, Nancy C. Lane, Michael Greenspan, Betty J. Nielsen
  • Patent number: 6072493
    Abstract: A system and method for providing and analyzing information regarding the association of services with elements of an organization. The system gathers information encoded in electronic form, organizes it into a services list, and correlates it with elements of an organization that are classified in an organizational hierarchy. A user of the system may examine a selected elements at any level of the organizational hierarchy and obtain information regarding all associated services, or vice versa. A user may further synchronize the services list and organizational hierarchy in such a manner that selection of an item from one displays corresponding data from the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: BellSouth Corporation
    Inventors: Dwight D. Driskell, Michael Greenspan, Vivian C. Henley, Nancy C. Lane, Lloyd MacFarlane, Betty J. Nielsen